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Post by reddrag0n on Dec 23, 2007 15:59:31 GMT
I don't know if this can be done, but i was wondering, since the Mac Pro uses the new Xeon processors, i wonder if i could make it go faster than what Apple had intended. Since people already found out that it can handle 32 GB of memory, why not some faster processors? This is the info i found from Apple... 8-core processing * Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors * Intel Core microarchitecture Intel Xeon * 8MB of L2 cache per processor (16MB total; each pair of cores shares 4MB) * 128-bit SSE3 vector engine * 64-bit data paths and registers * Energy efficiency optimization * 1.33GHz, 64-bit dual independent frontside buses This is the info i got from Intel... sSpec Number: SLANP CPU Speed: 3.16 GHz PCG: Bus Speed: 1333 MHz Bus/Core Ratio: 9.5 L2 Cache Size: 12 MB L2 Cache Speed: 3.16 GHz Package Type: LGA771 Manufacturing Technology: 45 nm Core Stepping: C0 CPUID String: 10676h Thermal Design Power: 120W Thermal Specification: 70°C VID Voltage Range: 0.95V - 1.225V www.intel.com/products/processor/xeon5000/documentation.htmSupported Features: # Demand Based Switching # Enhanced Halt State (C1E) # Enhanced Intel Speedstep® Technology # Execute Disable Bit 1 # Intel® EM64T 2 # Intel® I/OAT # Intel® Thermal Monitor 2 # Intel® Virtualization Technology # Quad Core
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Post by newtech on Dec 28, 2007 21:22:07 GMT
SLANP = Xeon X5460, I have not heard of anyone doing a xeon 54X0 upgrade as of yet, but I doubt that there is any reason it won't work( aside from astronomical prices ).
Personally my mac pro ( MP1,1 ) was built from scrounged spare parts and is running two Xeon E5340 ( 2.4 GHz 1066 MHz FSB stepping B3 ) engineering samples overclocked to 3.0 GHz/1333 Mhz.
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